| 单词 | pother |
| 例句 | Eight years later, the political pother is angrier and meaner. The State of the Presidential Debate 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Broadly stated, the outcome of all the pother has been to restore to an unthankful world what is probably a complete set of the works of Philodemus! Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z There's something else in the wind," muttered Mount, as we hid in Belcher's Lane to avoid a party of dragoons; "all this pother is never made on our account. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z What might not be accomplished if Old Neptune would put his shoulder to the wheel, instead of making all this magnificent but useless pother! Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z All Touraine would believe that the Marquise de Gange was a prisoner in her own chateau; the mob who were fond of her would rise, and there would be a pretty pother! The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Rising with a gesture of impatience to retire from the field, he cried out: 'There, there! what a pother, to be sure! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z What a pother over a few years of suffering. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z What a ridiculous pother, to be sure, over one paltry man's impertinence! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He fetched up a sigh as he ended which would have done credit to my Lady Oxford; and Wogan, seeing his friend in this unwonted pother, was minded to laugh him out of it. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Then he said, "Well?" and said it in a quite commonplace, ordinary voice, as though he wondered what there was to make any pother about. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z I assured her it was not, but she was convinced that this Bristol pother was at the bottom of the trouble. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z So all this pother was about a mere invitation to dinner! The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z A dozen commonplace legs were offered the dog; it might have tasted the lot and procured no more pother than the passing of a few shillings, the solatium of a pair of trousers or so. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z But the judges were intimidated by the awful pother o'er their heads and were glad of an excuse to drop McCardle. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The bone of contention which all this pother was about. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z But the other occupants, so far from complaining, seemed equally wrapped up in their own affairs, and oblivious to the pother. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z "What is all this pother about, my friends, are we engaged in a revolution, or are we not?" answered the thief in a hoarse voice and affecting a cynical laugh. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Why, pray folks, how old is the queen, and when is she to die? that here is this pother made about it. Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How far the Abdication of King James, supposing it to be Legal, ought to affect the Person of the Pretender 2011-07-07T02:00:26.913Z Here are the flowers, Miss Brathwaite,” he said, handing her the innocent cause of all the pother. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The Doctor joined us rather inopportunely and, accounting for the situation, made no end of a pother with his traps and his canoe. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Yet one must be in the pother for the sake of Clothes food and Lodging. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z “For the love of Heaven, do not worry me, do not kill me with your pother; this is a matter that concerns—concerns my life.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z "The authors of all this pother," he added with an oath, "and they will get away whilst we have the police about our ears." Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z A man who, from having had two memories, passes to not having one at all, is—gently but without any further pother—locked up. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z But through all the pother he still dashed full at the man whose face he knew. The Firebrand He himself writes that some of the newspapers are “fierce and furious” about “Hiawatha,” and again “there is the greatest pother over ‘Hiawatha.’” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Having made sure of sending him to Execution Dock, the Court then proceeded to try him for piracy, which seems to have been a superfluous and unnecessary pother. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day And the reason of the pother was this. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion There has indeed been a great deal of pother of late over the virtue and temper of "rural-minded people." The American Country Girl But had their true condition here been known, that pother had been saved. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts But the �gis of the redoubtable Dr. Webster had been thrown over him, and the pother in time died away. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series As to our own work, duty, influence, etc., concerning which so much fussy pother is made, it will not fail of its due effect, though, like a lichen on a stone, we keep silent. My First Summer in the Sierra These rules they make such a pother about never seemed so vital to me. Rose MacLeod A great pother, this, over the theft of a few horses, taken as the spoil of war! Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters “After all, as thee said, ’tis naught to make such a pother about.” Peggy Owen and Liberty "He is working out that passage in the Politics that your tutor makes such a pother about," said the other. A Country Gentleman and his Family Bland, beaming, bowing quick to left and right; One hour he'll deign to give from his brief night To flattery, fuss and pother. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 What answer my father sent I was not told; but two days later, a little before sundown, I saw a plain, honest-looking man ride slowly up the road in a great pother of dust. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) I can't think what is the use of all this pother; we get no good of it. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India Nothing had come of all this pother but rustic entertainment, although he demonstrated the truth of his calculations by geometry, and applied Greek names to the things which he had done and hoped to do. The Bondboy And what, in God’s name, is all this pother about? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Brougham made a great pother about the rights of freemen, usurpation, dictatorship. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Why all this pother if he really exists? Arrows of Freethought For we know they don't like us, And they're sure to scold and cuss The tired three, and raise a fuss And a pother About Hopeful here. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 After much pother and notoriety he took his Protestant monastic settlement to this nook in the heart of the Black Mountains, where he and his monks perform their orisons in peace. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel And why, thinks I, should the old craft all at once be troubled by all this pother of block and tackle and hammer and saw? The Cruise of the Shining Light Now, notwithstanding they make such a pother about the word, they have no precise idea annexed to it. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I thought, by your pother, that she had been your friend's wife, or your mistress. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage Barbara had lost her expression of amusement and was honestly puzzled that he should make so great a pother about a piece of idle gossip. The Education of Eric Lane Still, I may as well help thee out o' the pother. Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He smiles again, reflectively, over the recollection of the lovely quiet evening it was, the terrific discordant pother that arose,—the lovely and hushed night that presently resumed her reign. The Wagnerian Romances On the Froebel other hand much pother was made over some curious exchanges of sovereignty, characteristic of German politics in those days. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Out it came with a deal of pother. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The Warings' atmosphere of dignified expectancy rebuked him; they made no more pother than if a single letter had gone astray. The Education of Eric Lane I am free, and if there is any power in my brain, any skill in my right hand, I will make such a pother that the world shall hear me. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance In a few moments I hear cries and yells and shouts, and a pothering and squabbling. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck They complimented with some pother, When Time overtook them in his walk, And then all three fell into talk Of what each one had done for man. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Egad, Montagu, had either of us driven but a finger’s breadth to left we had made sure work and saved the doctors a vast deal of pother. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 "Who would think so small a thing Could make so great a pother?" Hoodie And so you expect to make such a pother in your opposition to the spirit of the times that all the world will hear you. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance After many long years I betook myself to the man who was making such a pother in the world, Pietro Apone, and became his familiar, next a hermit, and what not? The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck But in God's name, what is all this pother? Chimney-Pot Papers Frisoni was in a mighty pother; he ran round the room excitedly, moving a chair, smoothing out a fold in the curtains, drawing a table to another position. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He could see on its face the Division headquarters stamp—Lethbridge—but why all this ceremony and pother about an official note that came almost every day? The Return of Blue Pete Did I not tell thee that there are no Gods? lo! you now! for what should they have roused this trumpery pother, if not to strike me? The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 I don't know what's the reason, but in England if a thing of this kind gets wind, people make such a pother, that a gentleman can never fight in peace and quietness. The Rivals A Comedy Now, as there are usually at least some smouldering embers of fire where there is smoke, there is just one small item of truth behind all this pother. Science and Morals and Other Essays Such a piece of perpetual motion, Full of bother And pother, Would make paralytic old Bridget A Fidget. On the Tree Top But oh, I say, doesn’t it seem like all pother about what the doctor said? Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Marry him yourself, Miss St. Quentin," he growled, a touch of earnest behind his raillery, "marry him yourself and so set the rest of us free of the whole pother. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance I shall just go right on without any more pother, and put a date now and then when it is very particular. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow And with that she ran up-stairs, and I after her, in a great pother of haste. The Dew of Their Youth Long I shall not keep a pother, Like a senseless whining Beau; If you won’t I’ll court another Who will never say me no. The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold The German General Staff will be surprised to learn that our requirements are so modest, and will wonder, as we do, what all the pother is about. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 What was all the pother about after all? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance “Oh, pother!” cried Charlotte, seizing her bonnet by the strings, and sticking it on the top of her head anyhow it liked. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow But forgotten is the pother, all the work day cares are gone, when she comes home to dear father with his nice clean apron on! Rippling Rhymes Not until the united efforts of all the men present had silenced feminine vociferation was it possible to understand what in the world the pother was about. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. Fortunately no, since you make such a pother of granting them. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales For, in reality, that was all the whole pother was amounting to. The Brentons “Oh, pother!—what do you and I care?” cried she. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow “Ho! inteed!” exclaimed Angus, rising in wrath, and cramming his pipe into his vest pocket; “it is herself that will pe pothering you no more spout your dirty land, Samyool Ruvnshaw.” The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother— The creature's neither one nor t'other. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse True! true! and saved very little either in inn charges or in the pother of State by the device. Doom Castle Never was a man's life cut short with less solemnity or pother. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) “As if he would want to be pothered with an old aunt!” cried Rhoda. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) He made a fearful to-do over it, rolling completely over several times, backward and forward, at the same time smiting the sea with his mighty tail, making an almost 25 deafening noise and pother. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year Dear me, you never see such a pother. A Thin Ghost and Others Pother, pother, My master and brother, Who may endure thee, Thus failing in fury? The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales And this too was a dreadful scandal, but no great pother could be made about it, seeing that Edgar was so powerful a friend of the Church and of pure religion. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn Unlike their fraternity in the ring of Seville, where they are doomed to die, the animals are only doomed to be pothered; they are "scotched, not killed." The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America What is all this foolish pother about killing him with bacilli in his cisterns or with a drop of poison in his tea? Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers For what a pother, after all, the unwise of this world are wont to make about one stranded gambling-house, in a remote corner of Liguria! Post-Prandial Philosophy You have wealth and therefore power, and you will become just such a dare-devil villain as the man who has caused all this pother. Dr. Dumany's Wife Why, to see the pother you're in one would think the hussy had put your nose out of joint. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Miss Tripp for years has lived alone, Without display or fuss or pother. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) When I came on board I decided to marry Arthur, and have done with the pother. Parrot & Co. If he sees nothing suspicious he will return to his shelter to eat his crow, or just to rest his sensitive ears after all the pother. Ways of Wood Folk "What a pother for a bed of flowers!" The Garden, You, and I My dear Madame," I said, "why such pother over such a trifle? The Colonel of the Red Huzzars What on earth is going on or about to go on in this square inch of mountain land to make all the pother? The Half-Hearted To Lear at one moment the storm seems the messenger of heaven: Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Chris courteously begged pardon, and went to his lessons wondering what in the world all the pother was about. The King's Achievement See them prepare a dish of various fish, Showering profuse the pounded Indian grain, An overpowering vapour, gallimaufry A multitude confused of pothering odours! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 There is a great pother in France again. Oddsfish! And all the while wise, gray old Finn sat erect on his haunches beside the writing-table, looking on approvingly, and reflecting, no doubt, upon the prowess of the youngster who had caused all this pother. Jan A Dog and a Romance The poor woman, crazed with all this pother,—if in her right mind before,—and defending herself unskilfully in her foreign gibberish and with the volubility of her race, was interpreted as making some confession. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 But what a pother—” “I did not see him, and he did not see me,” Madame de Tavannes answered vehemently. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France In the same way, one is conscious of disappointment that the navy pother has not blossomed into a naked scandal. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 "Before God," I said, "I have no more idea what the pother is about than—" "Well, shortly," he said, "it is treason." Oddsfish! He felt torn at the moment between anger with Roy for causing all this pother; and anger with Jane, who, for all her lack of tenderness and tact, was right—up to a point. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India What was all this pother about hell as a future state? The Ragged Edge Though I’m, in heart and soul, a friend To genuine talent, Heaven forefend That I should raise a pother, Because the philanthropic folks Wink and applaud a pious hoax, For one who—loves his mother! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 We have had a mighty pother here in print about rewarding of generals. Daniel Defoe Havana's pother Smokes friendly with its Broseley brother: The world's one end puffs to the other, In amicable smoke. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry And, while they fume and rage in angry pother, Stills the big D—— and substitutes a "bother." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892 That she possessed any sense of humour was in itself one of those human miracles which metaphysicians are always pothering over without arriving anywhere; for her previous environment had been particularly humourless. The Ragged Edge He was a fussy little man, and made a great pother because the map as soon as unrolled started to roll itself up again. Hocken and Hunken Had they been so many stars and garters, he could have made no greater pother! Audrey What is all this pother about art and genius? The Lion's Share But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride; And e'en then 'tis a chance but they sit in a pother. From John O'Groats to Land's End Why all this pother about what one's neighbour thought, when this pother was not energized by any good will? The Ragged Edge It was for her own sake that the situation had arisen over which she made such a pother, and she was gloriously unconscious of it. Septimus It implies a great pother about trifles, these conscientious objectors assure us, and trifles are unimportant. Etiquette The entire congregation was staring agog, and in two seconds everybody divined, or had been nudged to the effect, that Jane and Audrey were the authoresses of the pother. The Lion's Share It was very plain, of course, that all the initial excitement and pother could not possibly last. V. V.'s Eyes Others struck the harder portions of the cliff, bursting into a shower of fragments, each kicking up its own pother of dirt and shattered rock. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" "I'm a truth-speaking man by habit," he began after a long gaze upwards at the rooks now settling to roost and making a mighty pother of it. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts The admiral of the American fleet, sick of the premature pother, signaled the lazy solidity to return. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 What a bustle and a pother this home-coming meant we know well, since we know what he expected. Medieval People Whereby her father was aggrieved exceedingly, and prolonged and grave complaint was made thereof by him and his own and Gisippus' families, and there was not a little parleying, and a world of pother. The Decameron, Volume II If my mood offend, We'll turn to business,—to the empty cares That make such pother in our feverish life. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini I never could abide him,—he made such dismal pother about sin; old Father Girolamo was worth a dozen of him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 O my friend, what a fuss and a pother we are all making, we little flies who are going round on the great wheel of time! Yesterdays with Authors He adored Anne, and he hoped she wasn't going to be spoiled by all the pother made over her. The Purple Heights He was in a great pother and trouble about Stella Ballantyne, who sat over against him on the other side of the table. Witness for the Defense “Let her have her way,” whispered Lucy, “she is but a child, and it will be better not to make a pother.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Harvey was stupified and indignant, yet he could hardly help smiling at the pother. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney But, gazing aloft, he saw that these were sea-gulls, wheeling and mewing and making a mighty pother. True Tilda And now when I look back over my paper—lord! what a pother of writing about it and about! Red Axe The old Quakeress, wrathful and sullen, had scarce understood what the whole pother was about. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Before he reached it, however, we should have had no hero had not the sapling, the cause of all this pother, made amends by barring the way down the narrow channel. Tommy and Grizel The striking of "four bells" just under his beak unnerved him somewhat, and he departed in a great fuss and pother. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil What a pother the preachers do surely keep up there. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War Fiddle-faddle, foolish man—What a pother is here! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother, The creature's neither one nor t'other. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V But there is no need for all this pother. The Dramatic Values in Plautus The thing ought to be removed, if only in the interest of tidiness, but there is no call to make a pother over it. The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act For myself, I care nothing either way, and cannot understand what they are making this pother about. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War What's fame with men, by custom of the nation, Is call'd, in women, only reputation: About them both why keep we such a pother? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Warp: Shale and Huff at their old pother again! Georgian Poetry 1913-15 Indeed, Lord Ferriby must have been gratified could he have seen the posthumous pother that he made by dying at this juncture. Roden's Corner A young tight thing, as fair as may be, Without a dad conceived a baby, And brought him forth without the pother In labour made by teeming mother. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 "They seem to be in such a pother, out in the world," Isabelle remarked to Margaret, as she turned over the leaves of her husband's letter. Together Now bolder grown—for praise mistaking pother— He pumps first one arm up, and then the other. The Canadian Elocutionist Judging by the pother which this "half a gale" makes with the sea, it must have been a terrific time, indeed, when that great wave rushed and roared across the islands. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Our companions are the familiar earth by day or the mysterious stars by night, and these are good if only to recall the silent splendor of God's universe amid the pother of human inventions. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived I asked what was the cause of the stir and ado, the mighty coil and pother they made. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Now that I had become acquainted with their style of singing, the supposed fib, about which there had been such a pother, seemed a very venial offense compared with my attempt to lead the singing. A Crystal Age In most places when a bridge has to be made, there is an infinite pother and worry about building the piers, coffer-dams, and heaven knows what else. The Path to Rome All this pother of mine was over the man sitting yonder, heartily enjoying his dinner. The Yeoman Adventurer A great pother has lately been made by Suffrage workers in New York because a bill was proposed prohibiting married women from teaching in the public schools. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates But come, Let's clearly understand each other; It's no use making all this pother. Horace It was thus that he came upon the fate of Thomas Gilfoyle, whose death had been the cause of all this pother. We Can't Have Everything When Martha and the friend who had come to help quarrelled shrilly, she murmured, 'Poor things! putting themselves in such a pother!' Gone to Earth How joyful without any studies to pother, Away in the woods to roam free. Our Gift Should the guardian friend, or mother Tell the woes of wilful waste; Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother, You can hang or drown at last. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Should the guardian friend or mother Tell the woes of wilful waste; Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother,— You can hang or drown at last. Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 Our Town-bred Ladys know you well enough, Your courting Women's like your taking Snuff; Out of mere Idleness you keep a pother, You've no more need of one than of the other. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III While his subtle mind was pothering with schemes of detection, the affair presented itself in another light, and he laughed at his own dulness. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Oh! what a lot of pother a beneficent little bean can make. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Their entrance into the yew-tree arbor surprised several fowls that were recreating themselves by scratching deep holes in the dusty ground, and at once took flight with much pother and cackling. The Mill on the Floss Such utterly disreputable people as Drumont held up their heads; little by little they stirred up a regular pother on a substratum of anti-semitism, on a substratum that smelt of the shambles. Letters of Anton Chekhov If her stingy old father, who permitted her to get into the scrape, would come up like a man and pay what he ought to pay, there would be no more pother about this business. A Fool and His Money Is any one wiser or kinder or honester for all the literary pother? Without Prejudice Now for the gas-bags, the sausages; for these observation balloons were the real object of all this nocturnal pother. Our Pilots in the Air "Come, come, my good woman, best not make a pother." Under the Storm As to assisting Maria in any pother, he well knew that would be a vain act of chivalry, and he generally contrived to be insensible to her turmoils. The Young Step-Mother But my heart was a well in which a storm boiled and raged; and all that "pother o'er my head" was peace itself compared to what I felt. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood All the pother about plays, poems and pictures is made by small circles. Without Prejudice “There, lass,” he said, “’t is nought to make such a pother about.” Janice Meredith He was so very emphatic that when he had gone I thought I would see what all the pother was about, and read the speech for myself. The Beetle Before them strait a youth appears, Who made a piteous pother, And told a tale with many tears, About his dying mother. Lover's Vows Now there was all this fuss and pother about virtue! The Master-Christian Persons not much interested in, or cognisant of, "antiquarian old womanries," as Sir Walter called them, may ask "what all the pother is about," in this little tractate. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy “Here, here!” he cried sharply, “what ’s all this pother about?” Janice Meredith To me there seemed nothing to make such a pother about. The Beetle But this grave pother that's just now agog May reach such radius in its consequence As to outspan our lives! The Dynasts He did this with a good deal of pother, pulling open the wrong drawers, tumbling up their contents and generally making havoc of his wife's arrangements. Australia Felix But what a pother about a simple act of charity! Simon the Jester He found his home in a state of pother and up-take and down-set and he asked the folk, "What is the matter?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 "Why, that here is a deal of pother about some foolish words." The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza After a good bit of official pother the porters carried out a big portmanteau, a sort of heavy leather traveling case, and put it into the carriage. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Here was a deal of pother about a trifling affair. The Lion's Skin Inside, the guard was snoring in defiance of the pother o'er his head. Robert Falconer The remaining 361 days the sun is pothering around all over the shop. The Cruise of the Snark She immediately filled the house with her cries; and later, in the trial, made a great pother about what she was pleased to call an attempt to murder her. Mauprat Now, what is there about Rooney's to inspire all this pother? Strictly business: more stories of the four million What would become of us without philosophy, without this reasonable contempt of things frivolous, transient and fugitive, about which the greedy and ambitious make such a pother, fancying them to be solid! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 No young gentleman ever had such a pother to make among his fellow-creatures about a little heritable property. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 It is needless to dwell on the pother made about the missing manuscripts of Shakespeare. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies What, in particular, had all that tragic pother been about? And Even Now Why all this pother and secrecy over a total stranger? The Drums of Jeopardy "Great Alexander, famed commander, wept and made a pother, At conquering only half the world, but Drake had conquer'd t'other; And Hercules to brink of seas!—" Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now. King Lear Ah, good Heaven, but I would I were out far away from the pother! Amours De Voyage But deeds are the picture in essence, deeds Paint him the hooved and homed, Despite the poor pother he pleads, And his look of a nation's elect. Poems — Volume 3 He made a fearful to-do over it, rolling completely over several times backward and forward, at the same time smiting the sea with his mighty tail, making an almost deafening noise and pother. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Should the guardian friend or mother Tell the woes of wilful waste, Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother;— You can hang or drown at last! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse They are women who, with their economic independence assured, either by inheritance or by their own efforts, chiefly in the arts and professions, do exactly as they please, and make no pother about it. In Defense of Women The impression of his testimony which the Report gave is of an almost scornful impatience with all this fuss and pother. Notes on Life and Letters What an immense pother, by parliamenting and palavering in all corners of your empire, to decide such a question as that! Latter-Day Pamphlets Bobby, much bewildered by all this pother, could only mumble something about "smallpox," and "took mamma away with doctor." The Riverman But since you are so good at names, And make so loud a pother, I'll tell you plainly I'm afraid You're but some cobbling brother. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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